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#ifndef HIGHRESTIMERUNIX_HPP
#define HIGHRESTIMERUNIX_HPP

#include <glibc/time.h>


namespace Timer {

    /**
     * @brief Representing a high resolution Timer on Unix
     * @details This implementation uses clock_gettime with the system wide realtime clock
     *
     * @class HighResTimerUnix highrestimerunix.hpp "highrestimerunix.hpp"
    */
    class HighResTimerUnix
    {
    public:
        /**
         * @brief Check whether the high resolution clock is available
         *
         * @fn isAvailable
         * @return bool
        */
        static bool isAvailable();

        /**
         * @brief Get the current Time with high resolution
         *
         * @fn getCurrentTime
         * @return unsigned long
        */
        static unsigned long getCurrentTime();

    private:
        /**
         * @brief Private Constructor
         * @details Avoids this class to be instanciated
         *
         * @fn HighResTimerUnix
        */
        HighResTimerUnix();
    };

} // End of Namespace Timer

#endif // HIGHRESTIMERUNIX_HPP
